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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11538
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14670
13 Actual Demand 11241
14 Aggregate Planning 12271
15 Air Cargo 10121
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6681
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34912
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15362
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19337
20 Assembly Line 22545
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23023
22 Average Speed of Answer 26592
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23203
24 Batch Production 38480
25 Bill Discounting 14590
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11277
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7181
28 Blanket Release 10058
29 Bonded Warehouse 10094
30 Booking Number 13856
31 Bottleneck 9567
32 Buffer Stock 59406
33 Build to Stock 13053
34 Bullwhip Effect 9706
35 Business Logistics 25814
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12600
37 Capacity Management 40699
38 Capacity Utilization 14150
39 Capital Intensive 8460
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8791
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12180
42 Certified Supplier 8990
43 Channel Effectiveness 8959
44 Co-Destiny 9332
45 Co-managed Inventory 12600
46 Co-Packers 11811
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6914
48 Computer-Based Training 7718
49 Consular Invoice 19856
50 Container Depot 10638
51 Container Freight Station 10304
52 Continuous Replenishment 19604
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12117
54 Contract Carrier 7340
55 Contract of Affreightment 11449
56 Control Charts 7987
57 Cost Flow 10308
58 Courier Service 15285
59 CPFR 8260
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11838
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44246
62 Date Code 18298
63 Days of Supply 19886
64 Dead on Arrival 9366
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7339
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8150
67 Detective Control 8941
68 Devanning 14244
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11000
70 Dispatching 24593
71 Distributed Inventory 8388
72 Distribution Channel Management 34860
73 Distribution Metrics 9173
74 Distribution Planning 24244
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15272
76 Double Marginalization 52822
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22432
78 Dual 5465
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20653
80 Echelon Inventory 26252
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38308
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49840
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7646
84 Efficient Frontier 25557
85 Engineer-to-Order 31814
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16591
87 Erlang B Formula 9379
88 ETD 8359
89 Ex Works 7861
90 Exception Rate 13537
91 Exponential smoothing 9852
92 External Growth 10118
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9548
94 Field Services 7766
95 Field Warehouse 10606
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8823
97 Fishbone Diagram 14649
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27118
99 Flow Through Distribution 12352
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8211
101 FOB Destination 13088
102 Forward buying 30247
103 Freight Charge 10436
104 Freight Consolidation 7561
105 Gantt Chart 8318
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11771
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29638
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12728
109 Hub 23490
110 Idle Time 8101
 
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